COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1994.200
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CMA_.1994.200
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
2003
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2003
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Sculpture
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Sculpture
Object Type
false
Creator Nationality:
Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo area, 19th century
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Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo area, 19th century
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo area, 19th century
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Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo area, 19th century
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Divination Cup
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Divination Cup
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
false
View:
Detail
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Detail
View
false
Creation Date:
late 1800s
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late 1800s
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1875
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1875
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1900
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1900
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
wood
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wood
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Sculpture
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Sculpture
Classification Term
false
Style or Period:
Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo area, 19th century
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Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo area, 19th century
Style or Period
false
Dimensions:
Overall: 31.7cm x 15.7cm x 15.9cm
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Overall: 31.7cm x 15.7cm x 15.9cm
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1994.200
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1994.200
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
Cups supported by a caryatid figure are essential implements in the Ifa divination riturals of the Yoruba people. In Ifa divination, a priest, or Babalawo, contacts the deity Orunmila on behalf of a supplicant who needs guidance. Orunmila, present at the time of creation, knows the destiny of all human beings. The divination cup holds palm nuts, which are cast by the priest to reveal which chants should be recited. Orunmila's advice to the petitioner is interpreted from these sacred chants.
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Cups supported by a caryatid figure are essential implements in the Ifa divination riturals of the Yoruba people. In Ifa divination, a priest, or Babalawo, contacts the deity Orunmila on behalf of a supplicant who needs guidance. Orunmila, present at the time of creation, knows the destiny of all human beings. The divination cup holds palm nuts, which are cast by the priest to reveal which chants should be recited. Orunmila's advice to the petitioner is interpreted from these sacred chants.
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1994.200det02.tif
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CMA_.1994.200det02.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
false